More Good News About Pot

Everyone knows that cigarettes - always perfectly legal - cause a number of serious health problems - not the least of which is cancer.

Pot, on the other hand, does not cause cancer according to a new study. As reported by Reuters:

The nicotine in tobacco makes cigarette smoking more likely to cause cancer,while the THC in marijuana may help protect users from the carcinogens in the drug, a University of Colorado researcher says.

The BBC reported Oct. 17 (2005) that researcher Robert Melamede said that while tobacco and marijuana were chemically similar, tobacco posed more of a cancer threat. "Compounds found in cannabis have been shown to kill numerous cancer types including lung, breast, prostate, leukemia, lymphoma and skin cancer," said Melamede.

Denver's Going to Pot!

The fine City of Denver has made it legal for an adult to possess an ounce of marijuana. Yay! Unfortunately, state and federal law will probably trump it. But, oh well, it does send a positive message about the way us common folk feel about our right to mellow out with a doobie - instead of getting buzzed on alcohol with its many, many nasty downsides.